Improved apparatus for driving metal or wood into the ground



Ntra STATES PATENT errori.

WILLIAM W. WINTER, OF COR-TLANDVILLE, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR IO HIMSELF ANDSTEPHEN BREWER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DRIVING METAL 0R WOOD INTO THE GROUND.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,799, dated February20, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. WINTER, of Gortlandville, in the countyof Cortland and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulDriving Apparatus for Driving Rods, either of Metal or Wood, into theGround, and also for drilling, and especially useful for driving rodsand tubing in the construction ol pipe or tube wells; and Iv'do herebydeclare that the following` is a full, clear, and accurate descriptionof the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention consists of a weight or driver made of wood, stone, ormetal, having a hole through the center, through which the rod or pipeto be driven passes, said rod or pipe, when started into the ground ashort distance, proving a sufficient support and guide of the weightwhile operating the same. To the top, or at any other desired elevationon the rod or tube, is fastened, by a clamp or otherwise, a pulley, overwhich a cord attached tothe weight passes and hangs down withinconvenient reach of the person Who is driving. A strong adjustable metalclamp is securely fastened onto the rod or tube (at a shoulder madethereon, if necessary) for the weight to fall upon when driving. Thepulley can be unscrewed from its clamp and screwed into a Wooden plug inthe top of the pipe in case that position should at any time be foundmore convenient.

In the accompanying drawings, Arepresents the rod or tube to be driven;B, the Weight or driver; C, the pulley and clamp connected therewith 5D, the cord, and Ethe strong metal clamp on which the weight falls.

To enable others to make and use Inyinvention, I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

I make my weight of the material before mentioned and of any desiredgravity. The rod or tube to be drivenl I rst put through the hole in theweight (the cord being adjusted over the pulley) and start it into theground by making a hole a few feet with a crowbar. It is then capable ofsupporting and guiding the weight. I so adjust the cord as to hang downwithin convenient reach of the person operating the weight. I nowsecurely fasten the clamp on which the weight falls to the rod or tube,and the apparatus is ready for driving. I now raise the weight as highas desired by pulling down upon the cord, and let it fall upon the clampby quickly throwing up rny hands, but not letting go of the cord, andcontinue this process, adjusting said clam p higher up on the rod ortube as the latter is driven into the ground.

What I claim as my invention, and desir to secure by Letters Patent, is-

-A driving apparatus constructed in such a manner that the weight ordriver is supported and guided by the rod or tube to be driven, and alsothe application of the pulley thereto, all substantially as herein shownand described.

WM. VV..WINTER.

Witnesses:

I sAAo EDGEcoMB, J. S. BARBER.

